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Re: The myth of sexist language

Subject: Re: The myth of sexist language
From: "Smith, Amy" <Amy -dot- Smith -at- FMR -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 10:51:00 -0400

>Instead of writing "Each user can open his personal file by ..." I would
>probably write "A user's personal file can be opened by ..."

>Callie

Ouch! That passive construction...

How about "Users open personal files by..."

or

"You can open your personal file by..." if you want something less formal.


Amy Smith
amy -dot- smith -at- fmr -dot- com

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